

Torna takes place 500 years before the events of Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Clearly, Nintendo sees it as deserving of recognition independent of its parent. Nintendo sent it to me as a separate game, and it will stand on store shelves as a seperate game.

While this will be different for every person, I myself have decided to view Torna as its own game.

Judging it therefore requires the reconciling of two very different perspectives. It is simultaneously a sizeable DLC add-on for Xenoblade Chronicles 2, while also existing both digitally and physically as its own independent release, making it in a way the fourth full Xenoblade title. Who knows where this twisted journey will lead.Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden Country represents a fascinating new venture for Nintendo. On the long road ahead, you’ll rest at camps, cook food, craft items, and share a heart-to-heart with many a traveling companion. By equipping Drivers with new weapons, you can alter their attacks and elemental powers to perform devastating combos. To stand a chance, you must master every character’s powerful skills including Talent Arts, a strategic element returning from the original Xenoblade Chronicles™ game. Together, you’ll fight for the survival of mankind, under threat by Malos, who wields the legendary sword, The Monado. Defend yourself from Malos and his forces using all the fury of this refined battle system, allowing you to fight as both the artificial lifeforms known as Blades and their masters, the Drivers.ĭrivers and their Blades can change from the frontlines of combat to the back in order to unleash powerful context-sensitive abilities.

Guide a group of legendary warriors on a journey through the tragic history that doomed a kingdom and drove a hero down a dark path 500 years before the events of the Xenoblade Chronicles™ 2 game.
